Brian Crockett

Spent some time with the SU senior midfielder on this gorgeous afternoon. We reminisced about his career here at Syracuse. My story about him will appear in The Post-Standard on Friday.

In the meantime, here are a couple Crockett tidbits to tide you over:

Crockett and Greg Rommel are really good friends. Crockett remembers his reaction when Rommel informed him after the Virginia game that he likely would miss the rest of the season.

"He hurt his thumb. It wasn't like he blew out his ACL. And I just couldn't undertand how me might be done for the year. I was like 'Why can't you play with a thumb? Can't you just tape it up and get out there?' When he came off (the field at Virginia) he was like 'I think I jammed my thumb.' I never thought, in a million years, he was done for the year at that point. I was halfway joking, but trying to talk him into playing if he could. But obviously, once he saw the doctors, they said "No way."

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During the course of our conversation, I mentioned that SU players might want to consider sending 'thank you' notes to Hobart players. After that loss in the Carrier Dome, the Orange men did some serious soul-searching. They haven't lost since.

"That night, we all just kind of melted down," Crockett remembered. "We couldn't believe what was happening to our season. We all came together as a team. It's a cliche, but everyone just said they would do whatever they had to do to start winning games. I think we just started playing a lot smarter, especially on offense."